{"product_id":"the-patrick-melrose-novels-never-mind-bad-news-some-hope-mothers-milk-at-last-9781101908525","title":"The Patrick Melrose Novels: Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, Mother's Milk, at Last","description":"\u003cb\u003eA beautiful Contemporary Classics hardcover omnibus edition of all five Patrick Melrose novels, one of the greatest fiction cycles of our time\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in a world of decadence, greed, snobbery, and cruelty, Edward St Aubyn's brilliant short novels paint a harrowing and darkly hilarious portrait of the English upper class. Patrick's story of abuse, addiction, and recovery follows him across decades of his life in settings ranging from the Melrose family's chateau in the South of France to the gritty streets of lower Manhattan to a riotously lavish high-society party at an English country house. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe first meet Patrick as a sensitive five-year-old terrorized by the sadism of his domineering father and the succeeding volumes give us glimpses of his life as he moves through drug-addicted young adulthood into middle age and parenthood, in an ongoing struggle for emotional stability that is both comic and heartbreaking. The stunning final volume, \u003ci\u003eAt Last\u003c\/i\u003e, takes place over the single day of a momentous funeral, and offers Patrick the possibility of finding a measure of peace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEDWARD ST AUBYN was born in London in 1960. His novel \u003ci\u003eMother's Milk\u003c\/i\u003e was awarded the Prix Femina ?tranger and shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eA Clue to the Exit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn the Edge\u003c\/i\u003e (short-listed for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e Fiction Prize), \u003ci\u003eLost for Words\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize), \u003ci\u003eDouble Blind\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDunbar\u003c\/i\u003e, his reimagining of King Lear for the Hogarth Shakespeare project. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Introducer: \u003c\/b\u003eJOHN SUTHERLAND is a British author, columnist, and professor at University College London. He writes for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003eand has twice served as a judge for the Booker Prize.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Everyman's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51184792666386,"sku":"9781101908525","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7a299330-9833-4fb5-9a18-e173639d3afc.jpg?v=1744574748","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-patrick-melrose-novels-never-mind-bad-news-some-hope-mothers-milk-at-last-9781101908525","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}